/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10576634]

Imagine the sheer disappointment when this came out after the first Metroid. Clunkier, terrible music, no level design to speak of, and completely lacks in soul. Seriously why did they not do a full on 8 bit one, when the first was a huge seller?

[Anonymous No.10576709]

>>10576634
>and completely lacks in soul.
why make such an arrogant, obviously wrong statement like this?

[Anonymous No.10576717]

I guess you do have to imagine it because you weren't there to witness it.

[Anonymous No.10576725]

>>10576634
there is no disappointment, Metroid 2 was a prototype for Super Metroid and it wasn't even that long between release dates

[Anonymous No.10576734]

>>10576725
How the hell is that even remotely the case. It is like a cheap little toy compared to both Metroid NES and Super Metroid SNES.

[Anonymous No.10576745]

>>10576634
Your taste is shit.

[Anonymous No.10576753]

>Introduced the bulkier design of the Varia suit
>Dense atmosphere, delving deeper into the belly of the beast with the caverns
>Introduced Spazer and Plasma beams
>Introduced Space Jump
>Introduced the Spider Ball
>Introduced Samus' Gunship
>Introduced the concept of Metroid evolutions

Sorry OP, but you're a wiener boy.

[Anonymous No.10576783]

I think people were more like, "whoa look at this sick space game I can play on the go" rather than "whoa wtf where's the 60FPS??"

[Anonymous No.10576807]

>>10576634

[Anonymous No.10576808]

>>10576634
Metroid 2 was, is, and will continue to be well regarded and you will continue to be a dumb faggot.
It's better than Metroid 1 because the small areas, linearity, and relative lack of identical repeating corridors mean the absence of an in-game map is not a huge con like it is in the first game.

[Anonymous No.10576815]

You must be a zoomer or and homossexual

[Anonymous No.10576832]

>>10576634
>Imagine the sheer disappointment when this came out after the first Metroid
Metroid 1 is so bad gameplay-wise it's only thanks to surrounding merchandise that it got a sequel. And it was rightfully curbstomped in every aspect by this monochrome game boy title.

[Anonymous No.10576835]

>>10576753
You may have a point about the claustrophobic atmosphere, but this isn't intentional and is only due to the smaller screen of the gameboy.

[Anonymous No.10576837]

>>10576835
Are you sure? The music seems to me they knew they were working with a small screen and used it to their advantage. Also the fact every Metroid fight is effectively a jumpscare.

[Anonymous No.10576838]

>>10576808
Agreed. More metroidvanias should have no map, relying solely on checkpoints, memory, and in-game directions. Maybe even the ability to draw your own map. As a matter of fact this should apply to open world games as well.

[Anonymous No.10576841]

>>10576634
>"Hey I can play Metroid in the car"
That was the appeal OP, no one expected a Gameboy game to be a 1:1 with a Nintendo game in 1991. You're retarded and should be ashamed of publicizing your opinions.

[Anonymous No.10576847]

Doing a deep dive into it right now. I may have to give it another chance. One thing I like about it is that is has soul due to the more claustrophobic screen.

[Anonymous No.10576903]

>>10576835
That's what I always thought. That samus looks huge on the screen. Would be like if super metroid looked like picrel

[Anonymous No.10576908]

>>10576903

[Anonymous No.10576914]

>>10576903
>>10576908
Do the opposite

[Anonymous No.10576958]

>>10576725

I was disappointed. I wanted it to be far less linear. I still think it's a good game though, and I do not approve of this needlessly hateful thread.

[Anonymous No.10576965]

>>10576634

What you're saying is half true in hind sight. But f that. It was a fine game.

Those evolved metroids were not nice.
Could be anywhere.

[Anonymous No.10576982]

>>10576634
metroid 1 is worse

[Anonymous No.10576991]

>>10576634
>le heckin imagine
Whichever e-daddy you downloaded this opinion from is fucking faggot.

[Anonymous No.10577078]

>>10576903
It's not as extreme as I thought

[Anonymous No.10577080]

[Radiochan !!8R5IcuH3PgQ No.10577096]

>>10576634
anon I was playing it on a game boy, I was surprised that it wasn't just a NES > Game Boy conversion like a lot of other Game Boy games around that time

[Anonymous No.10577106]

Metroid has always been one of the more overrated series. SM on the SNES was good but anything before or after has been forgettable. I used to have Prime on GC and it was so boring. It was basically a 'one-classic wonder' franchise.

[Anonymous No.10577121]

>>10576634
zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.10577152]

>>10577096
Yeah the OP really has no idea how hype this was. We were all thrilled. My mom bought it for me from kids r us and I was up until midnight playing it.

[Anonymous No.10577201]

>>10576634
>and completely lacks in soul.
Why do children keep saying things like this? I give you credit for not soelling it with a V at least but still I have nonclue what you mean. That game was solid abd yes I played Metroid.

[Anonymous No.10577209]

>>10577201
Yeah I just played it again and actually changed my mind. The fact it is claustrophobic and has no map makes it supreme kino.

[Anonymous No.10577213]

>>10576634
Sorry honey we already had this thread and concluded 2 was better than 1 >>/vr/thread/10491107

[Anonymous No.10577276]

>>10576634
Fake & gay, you already got trashed last time.

[Anonymous No.10577331]

>disappointment
faggot I was just super happy I could play vidya in the car on road trips it was awesome

[Anonymous No.10577334]

>>10576717
fpbp
op btfo

[Anonymous No.10577779]

>>10576634
It was actually pretty great. Sucked that it was on gameboy though. Playing that thing hurt my neck and eyes.

[Anonymous No.10577813]

>>10576634
The portability made up for the game shortcomings back then. You wouldn't know because you're underage and only play GB games on an emulator in the era of smartphones and Nintendo Switches.

[Anonymous No.10577826]

Why does the gameboy mog this board so hard 365 days a year?

[Anonymous No.10578826]

>>10576634
Still one of my favorite metroid games to date. Great sense of adventure. Great atmosphere. Fun powerups. Actually has you clearing out metroids. Had it all.
OG metroid? 1000 rooms that all look the same. Boring as shit.

[Anonymous No.10578876]

>>10576783
Yup. We were blown away by how deep it was for a game boy game.

and as for
>why did they not do a full on 8 bit one
Because they'd already did one on the NES, were planning an eventual sequel on the NES' successor that was going to be the big technological leap and in the meantime they wanted to sell more Game Boys

[Anonymous No.10578895]

the spider ball was pretty memorable

[Anonymous No.10578965]

>>10576835
>this isn't intentional
Irrelevant in my opinion. So much good shit of old games came about due to compromises, technical limitations and just unintended jank. Super Metroid's sound design, that really elevates it's atmosphere, could not be repliacted today due to higher quality audio.

[Anonymous No.10578976]

>>10576634
It was disappointing to me because of the reasons you said, but it was actually a popular and well regarded game. But, the original game wasn't an especially huge seller. Also to note, Metroid 2 had plenty of soul and introduced some Super Metroid elements.

[Anonymous No.10578981]

Having beat it for the first time last month I think it's a great game.
If I had gone from Metroid to Metroid II I think I would have seen it as an improvement in every way, except the loss of color.
>clunkier
This is how you know OP is shitposting. Metroid II added the ability to aim down while jumping, spring ball, spider ball, and space jump, which are all objective improvements to Samus' moveset.
>terrible music
Subjective complaint. Music is interesting and nowhere near as grating as in the first game. Yea the first game has iconic melodies but they're on short loops throughout massive areas. II is more horror focused and moody.
>no level design
Also a shitpost. Each zone is very well laid out and leans into the philosophy of leading a player to an upgrade that opens up exploration of the area: the design philosophy that basically characterizes a Metroid game.
>"lacks in soul"
It might be the most soulful entry in the Metroid series.

[Anonymous No.10579060]

>>10576634
>Be a real person living when the game boy came out and not a hallucination made by OP
>Wow I'm glad I have this game to play on car rides in order to have fun instead of staring out the window
>Decades later some sperg who played the game in passing will lecture the world on how everyone in the 90s shared his 2024 opinion.

You could have just said "I don't like this game and therefor it is bad." and you would have been less retarded. At least you would be acknowledging you are talking about your opinion instead of doing a really shitty attempt at trying to falsify history. You could have even said "When this game came out everyone hated it and went to nintendo HQ and took a dump in the parking lot in protest" and it would also be an attempt to falsify history, one just as obvious, but it would at least be funny.

[Anonymous No.10579079]

Bro nobody cares about these old metroids. Super metroid is out

[Anonymous No.10579084]

>>10576734

No. Metroid II is BETTER than Metroid NES, Metroid 2 improved on everything that NES Metroid brought to the table and Super Metroid advanced on that.

[Anonymous No.10579128]

>>10576835
>The claustrophobic atmosphere in a game taking place almost entirely in tight underground tunnels isn't intentional

[Anonymous No.10579315]

>>10577106
>zero mission
>fusion
>prime
>actually thinking these games are forgettable

you have shit taste in video games

[Anonymous No.10579391]

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https://youtu.be/M839-Ft3sWw?si=fyGUBGAuqs2Dij7t

[Anonymous No.10580990]

It was great as a kid in the early-90s for road trips and stuff. It still had that gloomy metroid atmosphere.

[Anonymous No.10581027]

>>10576717
Brutal. It's back to /v/ for OPie-chan

[Anonymous No.10581047]

>>10576634
lol yea dude im sure everyone was absolutely fuckin LIVID that they had a brand new metroid game to play through

take a look at M2s competition on the gameboy
tetris?
one half of a mario game?
metroid 2 is a full ass adventure game, with even more power-ups and an even bigger map than the first game. all that in your fucking pocket

[Anonymous No.10581173]

>>10576634
It's better than the first game. NES Metroid is a prototype.

[Anonymous No.10581208]

>>10581173
i love NEStroid but this is just true
1986 was a brave time to be trying something so far out like that

[Anonymous No.10581362]

Metroid 2 is great though. Even AM2R is mostly a downgrade when it does change things, the original Metroid 2 is fantastic and so well designed you don't even miss having a map.

[Anonymous No.10581369]

>>10576717
Anon, you murdered him!

[Anonymous No.10581389]

>>10576634
The huge poster for the game I saw i K-mart as a kid was mysterious and a bit scary.

[Anonymous No.10581415]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453temu5BIg

[Anonymous No.10581741]

>>10577106

Nintendy kids love it because it was their only scifi game, other than Space Yiff.

Nintendo franchises get a free pass as classics because a whole generation grew up solely exposed to those franchises.

[Anonymous No.10583532]

>>10581741
>redditspace
Sasuga console warrior.
At least go shitpost on /v/.

[Anonymous No.10583990]

>>10576634
Everyone knew the gameboy was shit and the ramshackle tiger electronics tier games on it didn't surprise people.

[Anonymous No.10584079]

We played Castlevania Adventure back then. Nbody was complaining about Metroid 2, trust me.

[Anonymous No.10584334]

I played 2 first and found 1 extremely disappointing. Samus looks fucking stupid, runs like a spastic, can't even shoot across the screen without a powerup, the colors are all garish, the music grating and the bosses boring and lame.